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- UN Chief Antonio Guterres called for more resources to help Nigeria to meet the humanitarian needs of people affected by conflict. This he said while concluding his two-day mission to Nigeria. He made the statement after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Nigeria had more than 2.7 million internally displaced persons in 2020
UN Chief Antonio Guterres called for more resources to help Nigeria to meet the humanitarian needs of people affected by conflict. This he said while concluding his two-day mission to Nigeria. He made the statement after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Nigeria had more than 2.7 million internally displaced persons in 2020. The UN has called for the additional US $351million as part of the overall US$1.1billion for the humanitarian response plan for Nigeria.
Buhari reiterated his government’s commitment to fighting terrorism and called for international assistance to end extremism. He highlighted the enormous problems of millions of displaced people.
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During his stay in Nigeria, Guterres visited a rehabilitation centre for victims of Boko-Haram and an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. The civil war continuing for a long has debilitated the Nigerian economy, which is a major oil-producing and the largest producer in Africa. With the focus on oil exploration and mining, agriculture, which used to be the mainstay of the economy, took a backseat. Now the west African country is focussing more on agriculture due to the huge volume of foodstuff imports the country is facing.
